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Susanne Warner
Kate Middleton's cancer: How long has she known?
Not a prying question, but an important one for everyone, since symptoms can be vague and pressures to ignore them significant.
Peter M. Leschak
A serpent of mist
On the separation of church and state.
Helen B. Warren
Counterpoint: Community journalism has options
Advocates can do better than portray it as a victim of the profit motive and the internet.
Stephen Marche
New movie 'Civil War' is not a provocation but a warning
The first step in prevention is imagining how it could come to pass.
Tressie McMillan Cottom
O.J. Simpson's legacy won't be the one he may have imagined
He wanted to be above the rules not because of what he was but because of who he was. And yet.
Janie S. Mayeron, Douglas A. Huebsch and Mike O. Kenyanya
Why we, as regents, approved the U's funding request
In 1990, Minnesota ranked among the nation's Top 10 for per capita support of higher education. Since then, investment in students, operations and facilities has fallen drastically.
Steve Yaeger
Ross Douthat
How the pro-life movement's deal with Trump made America more pro-choice
You can point to other causes, but the shift seems to accelerate right around 2016.
Sue Zumberge
Counterpoint: We need to dream bigger for our downtowns
And we need to keep perspective about what we have.
Carolyn Ogland, Katie Vogt and Todd Gengerke
A plea from North Memorial Health to the Legislature
North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale serves as a "safety net" hospital without the benefit of any official designation that brings additional funding.
Trevor Turner
Uber and Lyft mislead with talk of serving people with disabilities
If they really care about such Minnesotans, they must show it in ways they aren't now.
the Editorial Board of the Las Vegas Review-Journal
Americans aren't that divided
There's widespread consensus on the country's core values.
Reed Anfinson
Eight more Minnesota community newspapers soon will vanish
The internet and social media won't fill the gap in civic awareness. Local government officials will go largely unchecked.
Karl W. Smith
Trump tax cuts were neither panacea nor rip-off
But they're due to expire next year, and some of them should be kept.
Dan Gunderson
We Minnesotans embrace our sports heroes …
… and those who in turn embrace us. It's worth sticking around for.
Eric Schubert
Get a jump on March Madness in Minnesota with a Basketball Day
The state has growing reach in the game and should leverage it.
the Editorial Board of the San Diego Union-Tribune
'Dreamers' deserve better
In this era of contentious debate over immigration, perhaps some agreement can be found.
Christopher Caldwell
Everyone wants to seize Russia's money. It's a terrible idea.
Why? It comes down to the dollar's strategic status as a reserve currency and, eventually, to America's ability to finance its national debt.
Dave Porter
the Editorial Board of the Orlando Sentinel
Weed in Florida
Voters will get a chance to weigh in on legality after entertaining state Supreme Court ruling.
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